1.   But during games, he can be the scourge of the court, yelling obscenities at the referees and pushing hostilities close to the breaking point.

2.   Expansionary monetary policy, which has pushed interest rates close to zero, has done little to ease the crisis.

3.   He got his haircut and suit, heard of another patient who lay paralyzed, and asked to have his wheelchair pushed close to the immobile figure.

4.   In both countries, a long bull market has pushed prices close to all-time highs and made bargains scarce.

5.   It is one thing to push close to the edge.

6.   No one expects any big banks to be pushed close to the brink of collapse.

7.   -- Parts of Papua New Guinea have been pushed close to anarchy recently by infighting and lawlessness in a nation that hundreds of tribes call home.

8.   Ivanisevic was surprised to be pushed so close by a player so lowly ranked.

9.   Littler boys pushed close and beamed when they were rewarded with a long arm draped for a moment around their skinny shoulders.

10.   While neither swimmer will predict a record, they are likely to push each other close to the mark.